SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly kicked off its new four-year term Saturday amid the urgent task of containing the COVID-19 pandemic and curbing its economic fallout.
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SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 'no mask, no ride' policy on buses and taxis appeared to go smoothly on its first day of launch Tuesday as a continued outbreak in Seoul and the...2020/05/26 11:39

May 17 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in stressed the need to find the truth about who ordered the use of military force against civilian pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980.
The key iss...2020/05/17 09:26

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SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's next-generation synchrotron radiation accelerator to be built in the central city of Cheongju will help the country b...11:12 May. 08

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 7.
Korean-language dailies
-- Samsung chief vows not to hand down managerial power to his child...06:58 May. 07

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SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Sunday that it will end its weekslong social distancing campaign and implement an everyday...22:45 May. 03

SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to start giving cash payouts to around 2.8 million virus-hit households starting this week, the interior ministry said Sunday.
Under the measure, el...15:30 May. 03